Contractor held for using firearms
Banihal/Jammu, April 13 (PTI) A railway tunnel construction sub-contractor was arrested for allegedly opening fire on men and women, who were protesting against his company, in Ramban district, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Taatnihall area of Banihal on Monday evening when members of one Abdul Gani’s family were joined by some […]
COVID vaccine can be taken during Ramzan, says ‘fatwa’ by prominent Islamic seminary
Lucknow, Apr 13 (PTI) COVID-19 vaccines can be taken in Ramzan and do not affect the ‘roza’ (fast) observed during the holy month, a prominent Islamic seminary said in an edict here on Tuesday. “The vaccine enters blood vessels and not the stomach. Therefore, taking it does not affect ‘roza’. Only because of ‘roza’, Muslims […]
COVID-19: Ten states account for over 80 per cent of new cases
New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) Ten states — Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Kerala have shown a rise in the COVID-19 daily cases accounting for 80.80 per cent of the new infections reported in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. India’s daily new cases […]
Gujarat riots: SC adjourns hearing on Zakia Jafri’s plea against SIT clean chit to Modi
New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned by two weeks the hearing on a plea of Zakia Jafri, the wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the Special Investigation Team (SIT) clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots. A bench headed by Justice A M […]
2 militants, 3 OGWs arrested in Kupwara: Police
Srinagar, Apr 13: Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two local militants and three over ground workers in Handwara area of north-Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A police officer said that on receipt of specific inputs about presence of militants’ at different locations, different teams were constituted and the two militants and three OGWs were tactfully […]
KP’s have started to return to Kashmir: BJP leader
Srinagar, Apr 13: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary (Organisation) Tuesday said that from today, migrant Kashmiri Pandits have started to return to the Valley after so many decades as many of them could be seen participating in religious rituals in Srinagar temples. “I visited a few temples in Srinagar and apart from the KPs […]
Woman, daughter missing since Mar 14 rescued
Jammu, Apr 13 (PTI) A woman and her two-year-old daughter, who were missing from Reasi district for nearly a month, have been rescued, police said. The missing complaint was lodged by Mohd Sharief on March 14 and he had stated that his wife and child were missing from their home, they said. Police said family […]
Taliban not ready to meet Afghan govt in Turkey as US wants
Islamabad, Apr 13 (AP) A Taliban spokesman said Monday the religious militia won’t attend a peace conference tentatively planned for later this week in Turkey, putting US efforts to get a peace plan anytime soon in jeopardy. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken previously said he wanted to see a peace agreement between Afghanistan’s warring […]
Serious concern
It is good to see that teams from various government agencies come out of their offices and check for various adulterations that various food stalls and restaurants resort to while catering to the people. Just last week several such videos went viral on various social media platforms where the officials were seen destroying the food […]
Women don’t deserve oppression
Bashir Ahmad Dar Recent gut wrenching episodes of suicide by few married women in different districts of Kashmir, severe beating of a woman by her in laws in south Kashmir Anantnag followed by heart throbbing rape incident of a teen age girl in Kulgam sent the entire Kashmir into collective turmoil. People are seeing condemning […]